State of the Science (SOS) Workshop:

Hosted by RIC & UCSD

Functional Restoration for the Stroke Survivor:

Informing the Efforts of Engineers

Sea Lodge Hotel, La Jolla, CA

March 7-8, 2006

 

Tentative Agenda

Updated 03/03/2006 6:18 PM

 

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2006

 

11:30 am – 12:30 pm  -  Deli Buffet Lunch Welcome  -  Garden Patio

 

12:45 pm – 1:00 pm   -  Introductions and Overview  -  Acapulco Room 

Introductions and Overview

W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago & Northwestern University Department of PM&R

 

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm   -  Session 1  -  Acapulco Room    

Physiology/Pathophysiology of Neural Plasticity

Moderator – Bruce H. Dobkin, MD, FRCP, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Discussion Leader: Jeffery Kleim, PhD, University of Florida Department of Neurosciences

Respondents:

·         Nicho Hatsopoulos, PhD, University of Chicago

·         Lumy Sawaki, MD PhD, Wake Forest University

 

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm  -  Break  -  Acapulco Deck

 

2:45 pm - 4:15 pm   -  Session 2   -  Acapulco Room

Motor Learning

Moderator - Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi, PhD, Northwestern University and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Discussion Leader: Dave Reinkensmeyer, PhD, University of California-Irvine

Respondents:

·         Bob Scheidt, PhD, Marquette University

·         Kurt Thoroughman, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

 

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm   -  Session 3   -  Acapulco Room 

Upper Extremity Rehabilitation

Moderator: Jim Patton, PhD, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University

Discussion Leader: Mindy Levin, PT, PhD, Physical Therapy Program, McGill University

Respondents:

·         Michelle Johnson, PhD,  Marquette University

·         Jiping He, PhD, Arizona State University

 

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm   -  Working Dinner  -  La Jolla Room

Post Dinner Speech “Practice”

Gerald Loeb, MD, University of Southern California

 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2006

 

7:30 am – 9:00 am   -  Continental Breakfast  -  Garden Patio  

 

8:30 am – 10:00 am   -  Session 4   -  Acapulco Room 

Neuroimaging/Brain Imaging

Moderator –Richard Harvey, MD, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Discussion Leader: Steve Cramer, MD, University of California-Irvine

Respondents:

·         Steve Small, MD, PhD, University of Chicago

·         Bruce H. Dobkin, MD, FRCP, University of California Los Angeles

 

10:00 am – 10:15 am  -  Break  -  Acapulco Deck

 

10:15 am – 12:15 pm   -  Session 5   -  Acapulco Room

Clinically Relevant Alterations in Skeletal Muscle

Moderator: Samuel R. Ward, PT, PhD, University of California San Diego

Introductory Comments by Samuel R. Ward, PT, PhD

Discussion Leader: Dr. Rick Lieber, PhD, University of California San Diego Structural and mechanical changes in muscle due to spasticity

·        Muscle physiological and biological response to "overload"-Ken Baldwin, PhD, University of California-Irvine

·        Mechanical/biological control of muscle longitudinal growth-Vince Caiozzo, PhD, University of California-Irvine

 

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm   - Baja Luncheon  -  Garden Patio    

  

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm   -  Session 6   -  Acapulco Room 

Lower Extremity Rehabilitation

Moderator – David Reinkensmeyer, PhD, University of California Irvine

Discussion Leader: Susan Harkema, PhD, Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville

Respondents:

·         Steve Kautz, PhD, VA and the University of Florida Gainesville

·         George Hornby, PT, PhD, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago

 

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm  -  Break  -  Acapulco Deck

  

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm   -  Session 7   -  Acapulco Room 

Final Discussion

Discussion Leader: W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago & Northwestern University Department of PM&R

 

 

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